Site Çatalhöyük

Main Information

Site ID	641
Name of the site	Çatalhöyük
Alias name
Alternative name
District	Konya
Region	Central Anatolia
Country	Turkey
Period	Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B 8800 - 7000 Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic C Anatolia Early Neolithic 7000 - 6600 Anatolia Middle Neolithic Anatolia Late Neolithic 6600 - 6000 Anatolia Early Chalcolithic 6000 - 5500
Description	This site is situated in the Konya Plain (between Boncuklu, which is about 9,5 km away, and Pınarbaşı). It was firstly excavated in 1961-1965 by James Mellaart. Çatalhöyük dates from the PPNB to the Early Chalcolithic (between ca. 7500 and 5500 cal. BC)
Topography	plain
Geographical Coordinate Reference System	WGS84 - World Geodetic System 1984
Latitude	37.665830000000
Longitude	32.826987000000
Elevation	None
Exact location	yes
Coordinate source	OREA
Number of activity periods	None
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Location of the Site

Bibliography

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Areas in this Site

Areas

ID 842 settlement

Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic B 8800 - 7000
Anatolia Pre-Pottery Neolithic C
Anatolia Early Neolithic 7000 - 6600
Anatolia Middle Neolithic
Anatolia Late Neolithic 6600 - 6000
Anatolia Early Chalcolithic 6000 - 5500